Phil Watson

"A great beer selection from the US and much of Europe. You can find something to suit any palate here, and it's a great place to discover new brews!"

"A delicious selection of Turkish and Middle Eastern-inspired dishes. The sujuk pide and the fried chicken are delicious, and the cocktails are well-crafted with flavors of rose, anise, etc."

"Mezcal everything. Very good drinks and food, though the food strikes me like Tex-Mex if the Tex and Mex were a little removed from one another. Get the hash and the morcillo."

"They have a somewhat extensive beer menu, but what you ought to go for are the cocktails. Get something new and let yourself be surprised with how great it is."

"Get some mead (all of which are perennially stellar) and a currywurst, and enjoy this unique spot in Avondale. The board games and dnd-related things are a huge plus as well."

"Volumes may be my favorite bookstore in Chicago. Their curated selection of modern classics and new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that one otherwise may not have heard of is profoundly good."